Title:

Kings River Experimental Watersheds streamwater chemistry

Author(s):

Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Padgett, Pamela E.

Publication Year:

2019

How to Cite:

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Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Padgett, Pamela E. 2019. Kings River Experimental Watersheds streamwater chemistry. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0040

Abstract:

The Kings River Experimental Watersheds (KREW) is a long-term research project in the mixed-conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada that began in the early 2000's. The project is located in the headwaters of the Kings River on the Sierra National Forest, northeast of Fresno, California. The project has a paired-watershed design with two groups of watersheds (sites). The two sites are called Providence Creek and Bull Creek. Part of the Teakettle Experimental Forest is in the Bull Creek site. There are eight original primary catchments; two additional catchments (P300 and B200) were added in 2005 and 2006. The ten catchments are clustered into two groups, called the Providence Site and the Bull Site. Providence catchments (P300, P301, P303, P304, and D102) ranged in size from 49 to 461 hectares, and had mean elevations ranging from 1,782 to 1,979 meters. Bull catchments (B200, B201, B203, B204, and T003) ranged in size from 53 to 474 hectares, and had mean elevation ranging from 2,122 to 2,373 meters. All catchments, except T003, had a dominant southwest aspect, whereas T003 faced primarily southeast. This data publication contains streamwater grab samples that were collected by hand on a regular schedule of every two weeks when possible from 2003 through 2011. Streamwater samples were also collected by automated ISCO™ samplers during high-flow events.

Keywords:

stream; shallow soil; snow; environment; Forest & Plant Health; Air, soil, water pollution (environmental injury); Kings River Experimental Watersheds; Kings River; Providence Creek; Bull Creek; Teakettle Experimental Forest; Sierra National Forest; California; Fresno County; Sierra Nevada

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• Hunsaker, Carolyn T. 2017. Under Where? Underground Water and Its Contribution to Streams. The Natural Inquirer. 18(1). http://www.naturalinquirer.org/Freshwater-Natural-Inquirer-i-61.html
• Liu, Fengjing; Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Bales, Roger C. 2012. Controls of streamflow generation in small catchments across the snow-rain transition in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Hydrological Processes. 27(14): 1959–1972. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9304
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